Improvement in ornamental furs



UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

JULES FRANQOIS MATHIAS AND GEORGES JUSTIN MATHIAS, OF PARIS,

' FRANCE.

IMPROVEMENT IN ORNAMENTAL FURS.

- Specification forming part of Letters Patent bib-184,536, dated November 21, 1876; application filed April 26,1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JULES FBANQOIS MATHIAS, merchant, and GEORGES JUSTIN MATHIAS, clerk, both of Paris, France, have invented an Improvement in Ornamental Furs; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same. 1

This invention relates to the application of gold. silver, and other metallic powders to all kinds of furs, the powders being applied to the points or ends only of the hairs by means of a brush or otherwise. The preparation employed for the purpose is composed of varnish and gold, silver, or other metallic powder, which are well known, and form no part of our invention.

Black furs and others of a dark color may,

in this manner, have a fawn-colored and brown ing, is combed lightly to separate the indi- Y vidual hairs which have been united by the varnish. W e prefer about one-fifth of a quart of varnish to three-fourths of an. ounce of metallic powder.

We claim- Furs having the tips of their hairs tinged with a mixture of metallic powder and varnish, as and for the purpose specified.

JULES FRANQOIS MATHIAS. GEORGES JUSTIN MATHIAS.

Witnesses:

RoBT. M. HOOPER FELIX ORTH. 

